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Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town.
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Contemporary, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the book
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 184
- Publisher
- Scholastic Audio, Scholastic, Scholastic, Incorporated
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- Italian, English, cat
- ISBN
- 9788807910739
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